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Nimbatus - Drone Creator

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?

What works
  • Highly creative drone building and customization
  • Engaging logic programming and engineering challenges
  • Free demo with substantial content
  • Physics-based realistic drone behavior
  • Good replayability through experimentation
Things to keep in mind
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Controls can be difficult and unintuitive
  • Lacks story and exploration in demo
  • Performance issues reported by some users
  • Demo criticized as misleading advertisement for full game

What to play next

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Nimbatus - Drone Creator: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Why this game works

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